About this event

  • Date and time Thu 2 Nov 2023 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm
  • Location Online
  • Organised by Cardiology

Join this webinar to develop competencies in assessing and managing heart valve disease in patients with heart disease

By attending this webinar, you will be able to learn about:

  • The cause pathophysiology of heart valve disease, including respiratory causes, pulmonary hypertension and tricuspid valve disease
  • The recent updates on guidelines for the assessment and treatment of valvular disease-caused heart failure
  • The varying options for intervention and optimal timings that impact outcomes

This webinar is available for on-demand viewing. The webinar recording will be available for registered delegates up to 60 days after the live webinar broadcast via Zoom. The link will be sent 24 hours after the webinar takes place. 

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Key speakers

Dr George Thornton

Specialist Registrar in Cardiology, University College London and Barts Health NHS Trust

Speaker's biography

Dr George Thornton is a Clinical Research Fellow and Cardiology Registrar at University College London and St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He is undertaking a PhD incorporating clinical and translational research of myocardial remodelling in aortic valve disease.

Dr Ee Ling Heng

Consultant Cardiologist, Structural and ACHD Intervention, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

Speaker's biography

Dr Ee Ling Heng graduated from Imperial College London, with an intercalated BSc in Healthcare Management. She was awarded a British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Training Fellowship and completed her PhD investigating ‘improved outcome prediction intetralogy of fallot’. Dr Heng completed her specialist training in cardiology with the London Deanery. Following completion of specialty training, she undertook an adult congenital and structural interventional fellowship at Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Canada. Dr Ee Ling Heng has clinical expertise encompassing adult congenital heart disease and general cardiology. She has a special interest in structural and ACHD interventional procedures.

Agenda

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Welcome and introduction

Dr Laura-Ann McGill, Council Member, Cardiology Section, Royal Society of Medicine, Dr Kenneth Fung, Senior Cardiology Fellow, Guy's and St Thomas'​ NHS Foundation Trust and Dr Teresa Castiello, President, Cardiology Section, Royal Society of Medicine

Heart failure due to valvular disease – guideline update

Dr Anna Marciniak, Consultant Cardiologist, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust  

Questions and answers
Assessment of valve disease in heart failure patients

Dr Sveeta Badiani, Consultant Cardiologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Questions and answers
Aortic valve intervention in heart failure patients – optimal timing to make a difference in outcomes

Dr George Thornton, Specialist Registrar in Cardiology, University College London and Barts Health NHS Trust

Questions and answers
Mitral valve intervention in the heart failure setting

Dr Ee Ling Heng, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust  

Questions and answers
Comfort break
Surgery for valvular heart disease in patients in heart failure patients

Mr Neil Roberts, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust

Questions and answers
Tricuspid valve intervention in the heart failure setting

Dr Tiffany Patterson, Consultant Cardiologist, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust 

Questions and answers
Closing remarks
Closing of meeting

Location

Online

Disclaimers:

Registrations for this webinar will close on 2 November 2023 at 12:00pm (BST). Late registrations will not be accepted. 

The agenda is subject to change at any time  

All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations. 

We are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. This is at the presenter and the RSM’s discretion. 

This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels. 

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